Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the third reach in Poland areas annexed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. The first extermination of prisoners took place in 1941. Here died at least 1.1 million prisoners, 90% being Jewish. Around 144 prisoners escaped from the camp. The remaining prisoners in the camp were liberated on 27th January 1945, commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here are 10 facts about the place.

Anne Frank's father's tragedy

You lose, you die.

Salamo Arouch, a Jewish boxer, was imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners. Those who lost were sent to chambers or even shot on the spot. Until the camp was liberated that is for 2 years, he had to win over 200 fights in order to survive.

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The world wants to know

People want to know, but little they know. A brave polish soldier, Witold Pilecki volunteered to be imprisoned so that he could gather information. He then escaped and the world was familiarised with the holocaust.